carlos joaquin es propietario de una casa en la columbia pike y teme que una vez construido el tranvia ser literalmente "expulsada" del area por una expropiacion de su casa yo soy propietario de una casa en esa zona justo, en el mismo bloque donde van a construir ese tren, una vez que ellos construyan ese tren van a crear lo que le dicen un área de mantenimiento y esa área de mantenimiento va a ocupar mucho espacio y justo el lugar donde yo vivo es el lugar que van a promover para eso. algunos creen que el incremento de precios en los alquileres promovera un exodo de hispanos y que la educacion tambien se vera afectada, especialmente las escuelas bilingues de inmersion como gunston y wakefield. mi preocupación también esta afectando los números deimpueste los bienesmult veloci.. katoles, recibia mult res solamer camb deril deanera insegu les sedentif el polique etuvo co coal... as una uacione un p, la beraagar 5 dolar liia de conduc el consejo del distrito dio su aprobacion final a unroyect ley, que facilitaria que las parejas de un mismo semas de cr que no hablan ingles... setenta gra

traveling through columbia this morning a live look at u.s. 29 and maryland 32. starting to see a lot more traffic of course on the southbound side also columbia police on the scene of a crash ?oand river parkway at highway 100. back over to -- crash. >>> the supreme court will hear arguments on obama affordable health care act the. linda so has prehe -- act. linda so has a preview what have is expect records today's session -- >> reporter: today's session gets to the heart of the challenge whether it's constitutional to require all americans to buy health insurance and if they don't is it okay to charge a penalty. expect another large crowd as the hearing gets underway. organization americans for prosperity which opposes the mandate will charter several buss to take people to the rally in dc. attorneys for the 26 states that filed suit argue congress does not have the authority to force a person to buy something. if the mandate is constitutional, they say there's no limit to what the federal government can force the americans to do. lawyers for the obama adminis

and a picture of traffic coming of columbia, maryland.ting away s on 29 heading into four corners. back to you. >> thank you. a georgia restaurant has d a sandwich that pokes krystal brown and rihanna that a lot of customers are not laughing at. >> chef richard miley of chops & and failedkinsville this sandwich of the week. they said that chris brown will be you up for eating a sandwich. number of customers were outraged. says that he has no regrets and that it will donate from the sale of the sandwich to an organization dedicated to stopping domestic violence. for bobbyrouble brown. zia's been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. chp said that he was arrested yesterday afternoon in the san "rango" valley. afternger was pulled over him talking on cellphone if without hands for unit and the appear to be -- he appeared to be impaired. >> tonight marks the first elimination for the new season of dancing. jbc shows us which stars ived on the dance floor and danger of are in going home. >> rochon fegan and his partner quickste

fuimos muy cuidadosos en el distrito de columbia para ver donde como lo ubicamos, donde lo ubicamos. leyes muy duras se van a aplicar poruqe nosotros no queremos dewspenalizar o legalizar la marihuana es una terapia medicinal prescrita por un medico y expendida como en una farmacia. este vecino expresa sus criterios sobre la venta leagl de la marihuana con fines medicos. todo lo que sea para el beneficio de la comunidad es bueno, lo único que como decimos hay quienes va a estar a favor y quienes van aestar en contra. los que ya retienen el vicio pues realmente buscaran asumir la necesidad de comprar mas. tendría que regularse pues, no se vale en cantidadesrandestendría que ser para curar nada mas. quieneabogan por matrimonios entre homosexuales en maryland critican a grupos conservado es el presidente obama urgio hoy al dolarepio amplia...ine los el precio de la gasolina continua subiendo y los consumidores estan alarmados. 2 recientes encuestas demuestran que hasta 2 tercios estan preocupados economicame nte por el aumento y que desaprueban los esfuerzos del gobierno en ofrecer solu

officials at the university of the district of columbia, they're not impressed. their school is not on the list of stops. >> we've been trying for a couple of years now to really sort of adjust the attitude of how the city views its state university. we've made some tremendous progress over the last couple of years. >> reporter: udc officials are further m.i.t.ed by the fact every one of these students given up to $10,000 to attend any school state elsewhere is part of a tuition assistance program approved every year by the congress only for d.c. public and private high school graduates. >> some people would call it a bribe. i would call it really unfair. i would say that all things being equal, the university of the district of columbia will and can and does compete. >> this has nothing to do with the university of the district of columbia, more so to do with what students want to do and what they want to be exposed to. >> reporter: you support what the. is doing with this school? >> i fully support the district of columbia. >> reporter: udc has a lot of work to

this was the scene last night at 14th and irving streets northwest in columbia heights. a gay man was shot at the ihop restaurant earlier this month after a confrontation with a group of customers. city officials say they want to send a message that sexually biased crimes will not be tolerated. >> i do think there's a perception that certain people are more vulnerable to target of crime. >> so far the suspect has not been captured. the march ended at a dupont circle nightclub with a fund- raiser for victims of anti-gay crimes. >>> aftershocks continue to rattle parts of southern mexico. however, no one was killed when a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck on tuesday. it is estimated that 800 homes near the epicenter were damaged. the tremor caused tall buildings, hundreds of miles away in mexico city to sway. a less powerful 5.1 aftershock was felt in the capital. >>> if you see a lot of fire trucks and ambulances racing around in fairfax county today, don't worry. it is the start of a three-day tornado drill. tornadoes have caused $34 million in damage in that county over t

secreo po reverlaecisio esta eapelad y expendio que tendra el distrito de columbia... alfredo miranda nos amplia esta informacion. esta tienda que se dedica a la venta de suministros para el cultivo y cuidado de plantas, se prepara para dar la bienvenida a nuevos clientes esperamos a la gente que latente que gane la licencia para cultivar, venga aquí para comprar los productos y servicios que etenemos . tenemos mucha variedad de tierras de luces y también de químicos, orgánicos e bada por congreso particularmente gente con vih, porque esto es para tratamiento de legalizar o despa marihuana es el propietario de esta tienda dice que facilitara productos y servicios para aquellos productores que tengan licencia. wegro es una franquicia nacional y tenemos los productos y servicios a los que la gente con licencia para cultivar marihuana puede acceder de manera segura y respononsable. la controversial ley entrara en vigencia a fin de este anho y segun el concejal graham, tanto productores como vendedores tendran que tomar medidas que aseguren que la venta de la marihuana no

in closing conference for your years of support to columbia. i'd ask for them to help achieve a lasting people. finally, thank you for your unwavering support to the men and women of the united states southern command that work diligently every day to security you're skut. i look forward to our discussion, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much, general >> chairman levin, senator mccain, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appearn honor to. it's a pleasure to join any fellow combatant xhantder and friend general frazier. on behalf of the men and women of u.s. northern command in northern american space committee, i appreciate this committee's continuing support of our mission of homeland defense including ballistic missile defense, defense support for sift authorities for which the highlight was a team response to hurricane irene and security operation including our expanding cooperation with the mexican military as they tackle the brutal transnational criminal organizations. in the case of norad it includes aerospace warni

of the district of columbia. now, i emphasize that one because that's one that the local citizens most resent. it's called a commuter tax. what it means is if you come into the district of columbia as hundreds of thousands do from the surrounding region, use the resources, the roads, partake of the very public amenities that residents do, nevertheless said the home rule act, nevertheless the district of columbia may not impose any commuter tax. the district of course resents that because there are commuter taxes all over the united states. but the district isn't asking to overturn the home rule act. it's simply asking that congress abide by the home rule act. maybe at some point congress would want to reconsider this matter. i think my good friends of both parties from maryland and virginia would not want this matter reconsidered, but at the moment i haven't heard anyone cry out that this is the reason that you find people in the district of columbia engaging in civil disobedience. when congress intervenes into l

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just comes to mind at this time, the big guns, the columbia columbia down there, and the 6 1/2 inch rifle, aren't even in operation yet. not even mounded. they are wanted for spare parts, both of those. they did test the columbia a few weeks ago, but it hit the carriage that it's on and they needed some extra parts. those are being forged in clarksville. and again the six-inch rifle is missing a couple of parts too. and the 6 1/2 inch rifle about an hour before the gun boat fight will be finally in operation. the columbia is in operation by that time, but because of the damage done to the carriage, it can only traverse a little bit. so it can only fire in one direction. so what they did with what they had was pretty remarkable. i think we have time for one more. ok. you're it. >> how the south -- where the south lost the war was not when they originally planned. >> well, let me pay you off for that one. my publisher is probably -- if he sees this, he's probably not going to be happy. the original title of my book was "where defeated valor was." that was taken off the confederate memorial

columbia 51. centerville 54. the winds are calm this morning, they will pick up as we go in to the afternoon, out of the north and west at 10- 15 miles per hour. gusts up to 25 miles an hour. we are looking at a freeze warning and a watch that goes in to effect this evening. let's get a check of traffic. >>> a lot of volume out there, monday morning, busy and traveling through pasadena, a headache if you are traveling on route 10. route 2s i should say in maryland right now, having a closure, maryland route 2, between hamburg and pasadena road. take light avenue. foincident or delays on i-95, arbutus and the tunnels. traveling i-95, columbia, delays causing a problem for you northbound and southbound, tack on an extra 10- 15 minutes to the drive times. people are calling for change following the shooting death of a florida teenager. a rally is planned in downtown baltimore. charley crowson joins us live from city hall to tell us about the rally. >> reporter: good morning, it has been one month since 17 year-old t

es 1 manera por lo menode registracion para los residentes distrito de columbia que quieran participarn detenido cuando pretendia reorganizar sus fuerzas para aniquilar a los agentes que detuvieron a su ex lider, alias camarada artemio, el 12 de febrero... camarada freddy quien fue caturado con armamentos y equipos de radio en su poder, fue conducido a lima para comparecer ante la justicia... la republica dominicana la junta central electoral insu segunlgunos, el deterioro de las campanas ha llegado a un nivel sucio... las acusaciones van desde las calumnias hasta la destruccion de la propaganda en las vias.. . en chile el gobierno volvio a exigir el desbloqueo total de las carreteras en aysen para dialogar con los dirigentes sociales que protestan por el aislamiento de la region... el portavoz del movimiento social por aysen, dijo que si el gobierno soluciona el problema de pre taroyn al zol metta ncoliy dio poco tie ras .. est niseesarment areassas villnort yshin dccomorea r spring se vieron copos ligeros... actualmente los cielos estan parcialmente nublados con una temperatura de 40

just to the west of columbia and some of us will be pushing into columbia, maryland starting to inch its way down into gaithersburg and there is some lightning with this and some heavy rain. also off to the east, not thunderstorm activity but some rain showers along interstate 50 if you are traveling between annapolis and washington. so a couple of spots where we've got some rain this morning and some of that rain could be heavy. for the day today, a mostly dry day but a lot of clouds. i cannot rule out a shower or two here or there. we'll look for highs again in the mid-70s. in d.c., a high of about 75 degrees. more on that coming up just a bit. >> not a bad idea to take a little umbrella with you. >> absolutely. let's get a check of your on- time traffic with julie wright. >> good morning. so far, so good. no problems reported around the capital beltway. you will find that your lanes are open as you work your way inbound along 66. light traffic volume coming in out of manassas headed in towards centerville. traffic flowing freely on the beltway traveling between arlington boulevard

in addition, the district of columbia itself had a fairly active and large african-american community. in 1800, 25% of the population of this country -- of the city was african-american. they totalled a number of about 4,000 individuals, but about four-fifths of them were enslaved people. the city they came to in which they were building the white house was one in which slavery was an important part, a critical part of its operations. now, these numbers were swelled in part by the officials who came to live here and be a part of federal government, because many of them brought slaves with them. now, you would think that most of these slaves were coming from states in the south. but, in fact, that's not the case. in 1800 you still had slavery in many northern states as well. so northern officials coming t also were bringing their enslaved individuals with them so that this was an accepted part, an embraced part of the lives of many people here in washington, d.c. slave trading also took part as a regular aspect of the life here in washington, d.c. slaves from maryland and virginia and

at another residence in columbia.where she was keeping several more animals.lindenau was indicted last week on 69 various arrested ,... but then ty. - releassd on 50--tousand dollars bail.still... her old neighbors expressed concern that she still has animals n her care.when we wwnt to her new address tonight (nnts)no one home... but we clearly coulddhear dogs barking and birds squaking inside.and the trailer... from her "bailey foundation birds rescue"... parked right there in the driveway. we understand lindenau also used to work aa the national aquarium in baltimore.and she may also have a residence in it's unclear where exactly she pives... and if anyone is caring for the animals in her custody.she goes back to court next month.melinda roeder... fox 45 news at ten. 3 with the race for the g-o-p &pnominatiin having no end inn sight, the field's top two contenders arr stumping hard and wasting little time... adding another 23 delegates to his total, after winning today's primaryyin puerto rico... but still "well- sh

her name, lashawn carson. 27 years old of the columbia heights neighborhood. there have been two other allegedly antigay attacks in the area. police say they do not believe they are linked to this attack. it stands on its own however the investigation is continuing. reporting live downtown, scott broom, 9news now. >>> scott broom, thank you. a bit of a testy exchange today. rick santorum lashed out last night when a "new york times" reporter asked him to explain his latest attack on mitt romney. >> said mitt romney is the worst republican in the country, is that true? >> what speech did you listen to? >> right here. >> stop lying. quit distorting our words. if i see it, it's bull. come on, man. >> okay. santorum did try to clarify, saying romney couldn't take on president obama when it comes to healthcare. >>> pope benedict xvi is in cuba tonight. he got to the city of santiago this afternoon after paying a visit to mexico and he'll hold a mass there tonight. he's trying to attract roman catholic followers in a country until recently was officially atheists. t

this is north of maryland 100 in columbia. but around baltimore, still not too bad.specially around the beltway as far as drive times are concerned. we are still at 6 minutes on the top side from bel air to providence and on the west side a 7-minute drive from 759 to i- 70. charley back over to you. >>> if you parent you know how hard it can be to get little ones to eat breakfast consistently. >> how the governor is trying to help make breakfast a part of your school day. >>> if you haven't seen it before where you can go to catch the body guard on the big screen a one night only showing. we will give you details when "good morning maryland" continues we are new what he happening all around maryland. back in a bit. 3q my mom makes a green bean crunchy. it's like totally crunch-erific! what they mean is, it's french's french fried onions in my green bean casserole. french's french fried onions. available in the french's stay-fresh can. >>> and welcome back. governor o'malley host a number of state educational lead force breakfast set for 8:30 at maryland statehouse. w

. >> some students needs to get out of the district of columbia. they actually do we should do everything we can to help them. >> reporter: d.c. council chairman kwame brown is chief sponsor of the out of town college recruitment trips. he's been doing this for the past several years. officials at the university of the district of columbia, they're not impressed. their school is not on the list of stops. >> we've been trying for a couple of years now to really sort of adjust the attitude of how the city views its state university. we've made some tremendous progress over the last couple of years. >> reporter: udc officials are further miffed by the fact that every one of these students given up to $10,000 to attend any state school elsewhere as part of a tuition assistance program approved every year by the congress only for d.c. public and private high school graduates. >> some people would call it a bribe. i would call it really unfair. i would say that all things being equal, the university of the district of columbia will and can and does compe

they did test fire the columbia a couple weeks ago. but it blew -- it bent the carriage that it's on. they needed extra parts. those are being forged in clarksville and sent forward. the sixclarksville. the six inch rifle is missing a couple of parts too. it would be firing in operation,ed columbia, if it is in operation at that time, because of the damage done to the carriage, it could only fire in one direction. what they did with what they had was remarkable. i think we will have time for one more. you are up. >> we were talking about where the south washington was not originally planned. >> let me tell you about that one. my publisher if he sees this probably will not be happy. the title was "we are defeated valor lives". in the establishing world, when you give a manuscript over you lose a lot of control over what happens. it was decided, this was ten years ago, provocative title and that is what they wanted and they insisted upon it. i had to accept it or find another publisher. i said go ahead and establish it. so thank you for

ward 5, ward 5 is community active and a bell weather for the city as goes ward 5 so does sister columbia. >> reporter: ward 5 democrats held saturday's straw poll look for yourself at the long list of candidates running for the job vacated by harry thomas many here says the time to move on from the scandal thomas is likely to go to jail for. >>> ward 5 is all repaired, the ability to respond. >> reporter: there are a number of issues ward 5 residents are

the shooting happened last weekend at the restaurant in the -- in the ihop in columbia heights. police call the case a hate crime. the victim got out of the hospital on thursday and did not want to be identified. he says it's unfortunate he was targeted because of his sexuality. >> that's the biggest thing that really concerns me is that it's so easy for people in our society to -- to take the life or even attempt to take a life. >> anti-hate crime advocates organized a rally in response to the shooting along with two beatings involving a gay man and transjenner woman. that rally will be held tomorrow at 7:00 at columbia heights irk hop on 14th and irving streets. money raised will help pay for hospital bills for the victims. police have not made an arrest in any of the cases. >>> a big day for apple. the technology giant is expected to announce what it plans to do with nearly $100 billion in stockpiled cash. chief executive tim cook told shareholders they have more money than needed to run the company. there are hopes the company will issue a dividend, payout from corporate pro

heights and columbia -- at columbia, irving and park. it didn't take long for our cameras to capture the problem. >> pedestrians are not entirely sure where cars will be coming from. >> reporter: it's not just careless drivers. pedestrians share some of the blame with reckless behavior. >> people do run red lights. they don't pay no attention to the light and the people will be j walking all the time. >> reporter: this woman chairs the pedestrian council and says pedestrians need to do more for their safety. >> 650 crashes a year is about two a day. it's way too high. we got to get that number down. that's imperative. >> reporter: cross says enforcement of current laws is one way to help solve the problem. pedestrians say anything that helps improve their safety is more than welcome in their daily battle against cars on d.c. streets. ddot officials plan to make improvements to some intersections but haven't said what those will be. in the meantime they also plan to step up enforcement and education. in northwest maureen umeh, fox 5 news.

attorney for the district of columbia. in 1997, president clinton promoted mr. holder to deputy attorney general of the united states, a position he held until the end of the clinton administration. in july, 2001, mr. holder joined the washington, d.c., law firm of covington and burling, representing clients in complex civil and criminal cases as well as internal corporate investigations. in 2008 president barack obama nominated mr. holder to be the 82nd attorney general, a nomination confirmed by the u.s. senate on february 2nd, 2009. general holder is the first african-american to serve in this critical post. he is also a key member of president obama's national security team and in this rollover sees the efforts of federal prosecutors, investigators, analysts and fbi agents who work on counterterrorism and counterespionage issues. during attorney general holder's tenure the justice department's work has been marked by significant national security achievements which include successfully confronting some of the most significant terrorist threats our nation has

here you have a columbia graduate, pay freeze for three years, despite the fact that he works in the state that spends more money per pupil on education than anybody else. it just seems like the same things that we've been talking about for three or four years, we continue to talk about today. how do we turn the corner on education reform? >> so, there's about five things you have to do at the same time. the governors that were here -- first off, can we give props to this teacher. >> exactly. >> can we just give props. >> i'm wondering if you can pay

news 4's darcy spencer has our exclusive report from the ihop in columbia heights. >> reporter: well, chris, that shooting did happen right here inside the ihop restaurant one week ago. now, the victim tells me as a gay man he has been targeted in the past because of his sexual orientation. but it has never become this violent. he was shot in the stomach, just got out of the hospital on thursday. >> that's the biggest thing that really concerns me, is that it's so easy for people in our society to take a life or even attempt to take a life. >> reporter: it was one week ago that this man, who doesn't want to be identified, was shot and wounded inside the ihop restaurant in columbia heights. police are calling it a hate crime. >> i was shot actually in my abdomen. >> reporter: and that struck your liver? >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: the victim, who is gay, says he was instructed by police to avoid discussing the details of what happened. but in an exclusive interview with news 4 he says he and his friends were targeted based on their sexuality. >> yes, i do believe it to be a hate crime.

democrats from all across the city gathered at the university of the district of columbia for a caucus to pick 14 of the 39 delegates to the party's national convention. the remaining delegates are picked by local leaders of the democratic partied. many of the would-be delegates and supporters lobbied for votes as registered vats arrived on campus. marion berry, the former mayor of d.c. and current ward a councilmember, was among the candidates for convention delegates, but berry has had highly publicized tax problems in recent years, and four years ago at the national convention he got into an argument with a then girlfriend, who claimed berry kicked her out of the hotel room because she wouldn't perform a sect act. some democrats have had it with him and don't want him representing the city at a party convention. >> i think marion berry is mostly concerned about marion berry, less concerned about d.c. at large, the city. i don't think he's done a lot of great things to make the city look good. >> i think there's some legacy issues of his mayoralship that we're still trying to deal wi

knockee out by a studdnt at school. pchool.megan gilliland is live from longreach high school in columbia where it was all cauuht on camera. good morning patriie,it's a wild video... shot right here... that is now it's been viewed mooe than 6- hundred thousand times. times.take a look for yourself. it shows a student wearing &pkahkis and a wwiie shirtt.. idennified as a footbbll player... giving a knocckut blow to a man... wearing a ssi mask.he's out cold... thee video is titled...girl sends ffther to fighta boy or throwing a french fry.but &pthe man s related to the ow - student... only that he's from baltiiore. "why did you come to the school in the firrt place""odd by itsslf, but he came in a ski mask, in this environment, that could have been addressed in a totally diffeeent way" "everybody couldn't believe phat he ot knocked ut...fell asleep on the floor: reported that police wwll eventually be charging both the man who was knocked to the ground and a female student with ssault. p o far schooo officials havv not taken action againss any pf the students involved.live in columbia, 'm m

it will start here in columbia heights and will end at kobolds bar and nightclub where there will be a benefit to raise money for a hospital bill. -- colbalt bar. >> metro is under fire. an inspector general's investigation found some workers in mentor posted planning department bought expensive items such as camcorders and kindle readers with credit cards. tent thousand dollars or spend. workers involved have been dismissed. >> the top commander in afghanistan told congress the mission is on track. john allen says the withdrawal should take place by december 2014. several house members were asked if they should speed up the timetable. the general says it will take that long for the trips to head to security to the afghan troops. >> he does not remember some details of the alleged attacks according to his lawyer. we are learning new information about the past troubles. in 2000 he worked as a broker for an investment company in ohio. one company says they cheated him out of -- he cheated them out of their life savings. >> my income is less than what is going out. we are trying to make

police arrested a woman for shooting a gay man outside a columbia heights restaurant this month. it happened two weeks ago at the ihop on 14th street. police labeled the shooting a hate crime. investigators say 27-year-old lashon carson shot the man after an argument turned physical. city leaders say attacks based on sexuality will upnot be tolerated. >> crimes this nature cannot and will not be tolerated in the district of columbia because all of our resident have the right to walk our streets free of the fear they will be targeted simply because of who they are, whom they love, or the way they choose to worship. >> carson is charged with aggravated assault. the victim is recovering but has a bullet lodged in his kidney. >>> this morning metro officials are reviewing video to see if it shows the teens who attacked a metro puss driver. police say teens on the 832 bus threw some sort of chemical on the driver yesterday afternoon. the route takes the kids home from anacostia high school in southeast washington. hazmat teams were called as a precaution. the driver was taken to the h

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now she was in the same room in columbia with this man, dr. s dallas dance, but it was announced that dr. dance will become the next superintendent of baltimore county schools. let's get to the latest in education news. students who were taking those college entrance exams this fall will have to submit photo i.d.es. it follows reach cent allegations of widespread cheating on new york's long island. 20 current or former students were charged. some students were paid as much as $3500 to take the s.a.t. exam for others. >>> budgets are beginning to recover. one hear that's not soon to rebound, education. a survey finds that about 80% of ed cation katetors -- educators said their schools lack funding. two thirds are considering cutting staff. about 25% are looking at furloughs and some may cancel summer school programs. >>> somewhere along the way we took a right turn and we're heading back to march. while the sun was shining, the temperatures provided us with an early spring. say it ain't so wyatt. >> fresh spring air. that's what i like to call

was granted home rule in order to try to inform members of the standing of the district of columbia, which is often referred to as the federal district. it is of course not a federal district. it is a hometown of 600,000 residents which has been granted full and complete authority to govern itself, too late in this era but not too late in the history of the country because as the cunigan, the -- because as the country began, the citizens indeed had that right. the framers, of course, were confronted with a dilemma. they wanted a capitol to be located in the district of columbia and they wanted that capital to have the same rights as any other americans. they had had an experience in philadelphia where there was some concern when veterans had marched on that capital about who would defend the capital. they would try to sort out this dilemma and thought they had by creating the district of columbia with the same rights as every other american citizen . but giving the congress authority over the district. let me indicate how that happened. no one who has any knowledge of the history of

it happened at columbia's long reach high school just after dismissal. a man in a ski mask confronted and tried to assault a student. the man is knocked to the ground. the boy is seen throwing a punch. that student was just defending himself. >> the situation is under investigation by the school and the police. it has been turned over to the police department. >> it may have stemmed from a taunting incident at the school. a girl has been charged and the man who came to the school may have ties to the girl's caretaker. this is a video that has gone viral with more than 600,000 hits. a child psychologist says online behavior can take on a life of its own. >> taking pictures and putting on the internet, that would be one of the worst kinds of actions if there is malicious intent. >> in the video, it looks like the man was knocked out cold. police are expecting to file charges that could include assault and disorderly conduct. >> the mayor is taking steps to ease the fears of the city's latino community. police are prohibited from questioning or apprehending

. >> this morning we're hearing from a man whose partner was beaten and robbed in columbia heights. police are calling both hate crimes. the first attack, a shooting on monday, monday's attack happened at the corner of irving an and georgia street. the victim's jaw was shattered in two places, he's still in the hospital, his partner who does not want to be identified is calling the attack brutal. >> the police have classified it as a hate crime. >> d.c. police are still looking for the suspects voovd in sunday's shooting at the i hop, the victim in case -- >> a sports bar is the subject of an illegal gambling raid. they found more than two dozen slot machines in the back room. people were even gambling as they raided the bar. they have not arrested anyone. >>> there are new developments in the d.c. ethics scan zachlt kwame brown says he's looking into the et -- also confirms it's doing a separate routine audit of spending. >>> today former illinois governor rod blagojevich will spend the next 15 years in prison. yesterday at a press conference, blagojevich took responsibility for hi

a lot of people don't think of the district of columbia as having green's base or waterways. they think of us as an entirely your panaria. yet we have lots of green space, lots of waterways, we have lots of opportunities for hiking and biking and horse trails and other opportunities just with the department of interior in the secretory cells are dedicated refer trails 12 miles in the district of columbia almost 2 miles in the state of maryland. when i look at my own administration came up with the prairies some of which are the same for virtually any urban area of public safety having a fiscally stable situation being able to improve the educational outcomes for our children with jobs and of course the economy. but a fifth one we have a stone obelisk is sustainability and that is to recognize the importance of the waterways, to recognize the importance of the green space and to recognize the natural assets we have in the district of columbia and to be able to work towards improving those. one of the centerpieces of our efforts in concert with you and with secretary salazar an

dave owens is out in columbia, ohio, with the story. >> reporter: the euphoria of winning one tournament over. the hoyas have entered the grind, that it's a quick turn around between winning one game and getting ready for another quality opponent. >> we didn't get back to the hotel until 7:00. then we watch film on n.c. state immediately. that's when you have to dig down and see how mentally tough your team is. >> once we leave the locker room, you have to enjoy it, but then you have to focus quickly. you have to get all the jitters, not so much the jitters, but all the excitement and rah rah stuff, all that goes out the window once you leave the locker room. >> it is difficult, but we've been in worse positions where we had to play back to back before, so this isn't new for everybody. >> we didn't come here to get the proverbial one-win monkey off our back. we came wanting to win two games and move on from there. >> reporter: that means beating north carolina state. not easy. you think georgetown has a chip on their shoulders? well the wolfpack have a boulder on theirs. i'll explain tha

. >> charles armstrong is a history professor at the center for korean research at columbia university, he says the transparency of the north korean nuclear program represents a breakthrough. >> it to be easy to test the sincerity if they suspend the nuclear missile tests and allow inspectors. we should know that soon. this is the most important breakthrough we have had for years. it should be welcome. >> the north koreans have a track record, it is slightly dodgy. >> things have not often gone well in the past. we can do our best to try, i think. the u.s. is hoping this will lead to a set of steps which will satisfy the american side, with the north koreans moving towards de-nuclearization. the north koreans need food assistance. with a new leader in power, it seems a good opportunity for progress to be made. >> indeed, a very good opportunity. one american official has been quoted as saying, "at least it is a first thastep." windy think negotiations will resume? >> we will have to see. there will be for the negotiations soon, some involving south to rick -- there will be further nego

sounds like it's there on the 5800 block of columbia.ater in the road, crews out there now working to fix the problem richmond near columbia and santa clara streets. elsewhere, it is a little drizzly out there, so the pavement is wet. we have wind advisories in effect especially for the bay bridge, on the upper and lower deck this morning. northbound 101 at third near san mateo. the accident is cleared there. flares may be causing hazards for drivers. cameras moving around a bit across the san mateo bridge. golden gate bridge looking good this morning. no major issues on southbound 101 through the waldo grade. a quick check of the silicon valley ride now. westbound 237 looking good out of milpitas toward san jose. consider mass transit. everything is on time for bart, ace, muni, caltrain and your ferries and back to you. >> thank you. >>> car thieves in the bay area are hitting a new low. someone stole christian roundtree's wheelchair accessible van on sunday from her family's driveway in vallejo. the college student and former athlete w

animals.police were called to her townhome in columbia back in january... after neighbors noticed a terrible smell. inside they found 19 dead animals in a freezer... including birds, rabbits, a guinea pig, and a hhrmit craa. thee found another 21 animals ddad inside cages... or ust dead on the floor. everything from cats to snakes. only but there was no food or water - aad nn heat or electricity for &pttem to survive.neighbors say they're horrified by what she was "it's disturbing considering she was animal activist activistconsidering she was activistanimal activist activistconsidering she waa "it's disturbinn "it's disturbing ccnsidering she was animal activist activistpolice later tracked down lindenauuat another home in columbia.we went there to try and talk with her over the weekend..o one was home... but barking and birds chirping inside.the trailer from her bailey fouudation birds rescue was parked ight in the driveway. we're toll she might also have a residence in pennsylvania. actually living at and who if anyyne is cariig for the animall in her cu

you still have your bakery that has the essenence of the columbia heights neighborhood.cupcake wars." a vegan cupcake could win. tell us about that. >> i love the reaction. it has the same ingredients than any other baked good. there is chocolate sugar flour. we just do not use the eggs and dairy. we make sure ware using high levels of -- i'm sorry vanilla. we use a lot of freshh ingredients. i love it when people are shocked. >> fromom a marketing pererspective how did you get on the show? >>hey actuallyly approached us. they were seeking out aa vegan bakery. we thoughte would try our hand and wewe 1. we were extremely excited. the bakery went crazy that weend. we had lines o the door and people calling in. itit was the same thing over r and over aga. "are the thahat good?" >> i it is always fun to find sobody who has found a niche an really excelels. thank you for joining us. coming up, the busess lesso from rush limbaugh. the business roundtable. that is next. stay with us. [ male announcer ] if you believe the mayan calendar on december 21st polar shifts will reverse

the body was found near the columbia mall in 2007. ali was arrested. is before the killing, the brothers were cited for a rest -- impersonating police officers. an armed robbery at a burlington coat factory. this one of the suspects tried to rob a customer at knife point inside the store yesterday afternoon. the victim was not hurt. authorities are asking anyone with any information to call police. >> no reported incidents at a prince william county high school today. extra security in place this morning after threatening graffiti was found on a bathroom stall. parents and students received a call last night telling them about the threat. officials say the message indicated a student would bring a gun to school on tuesday. police say there is no evidence that that threat was credible. >> new developments this new and in trayvon martin case. parents are here attending a hearing about racial profiling. there are reports that the 17- year-old teen was suspended from school at the time of the shooting. also friends of the suspected shooter said martin's th

crofton is 48 and columbia 49. could have a big warm-up tomorrow. i'll tell you all about it when 9news now returns. >>> we have more information about our top story that supreme court battle over the president's health care plan. our bruce leshan is at the court. he just came out of the chambers with the latest information. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, jc. i just walked out. remarkable dramatic testimony. if yesterday was arcane legal details, today really got to the heart of this question, the issue of the individual mandate and whether it is constitutional. and three of the justices, alito, roberts, and kennedy each appointed by republicans actually asked tough questions of the bill's opponents. the solicitor general really was slightly nervous when he came out. one of the more interesting things, one of the things that really struck me here was justice briar's comment about this question about whether somebody could be forced by the government to participate in commerce in some way. and justice briar suggested a situation in which a disease was swe

a woman has been charged in the shooting at an ihop restaurant in columbia heights two weeks ago.'s bob barnard is in the newsroom on this story tonight. >> that ihop customer had apparently been called a gay slur right before he was shot and wounded. the crime was captured on a security camera inside the restaurant. now police have made an arrest in the case. her name is lashawn carson. tonight she faces possible hate crime charges. several hundred people rallied outside the ihop restaurant in columbia height last week where a 31-year-old gay man had been shot days before. now police have made an arrest in the case that may be prosecuted as a hate crime. the shooter police say was a 27- year-old woman. >> it's shocking to say the least. >> stephon sizeman lives across the street from the ihop. >> you can always read about it in the paper or see it on the news, but any time it hits close to where you live it's a little more personal and disturbing. >>s a said at the time, crimes of this -- as i said at the time, crimes of this nature cannot or will not be tolerated in the district

. >> and what will bring george clooney to the district of columbia today. >> another militant attack at we want to protect the house. right. but... home security systems can be really expensive. to save money, we actually just adopted a rescue panther. i think i'm goin-... shhh! we find that we don't need to sleep that much. there's an easier way to save. geico. fiftn n minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >> following breaking news afghanistan. one person died in an explosion targeting an afghan government delegation looking into allegations that a u.s. soldier killed 16 civilians recently. >> this comes as dedefense secretary leon panetta is visiting that nation. the military says that it has enough evidence to hold a soldier suspected of the attack. there's no decision on where he will be held on trial. and democrats and republicans still want the u.s. to stay the course in afghanistan >> . actor george clooney will testify on the crisis in sudan and south sudan. he helped to found a program that uses satellite imagery to potentially head off hostility by tracking milit

manassas and leesburg, columbia the cool spot of 35. college park 37. reagan national we are beating that by 10. 47 degrees. good visibility on our michael and son camera. humidity of 56%. here's our storm system. this classic comma shape over the weather textbooks. we have the moisture coming in through the great lakes back down to the gulf coast. tonight we'll see some of the showers sweep through the region. in advance of them today, we are going to see the clouds start to get closer to us as we head into the late afternoon hours. we are overcast and some of those clouds might be east of 95. tonight we are looking at some showers here after dark during the overnight. especially south and east of dc. also the threat for an afternoon shower. temperatures tomorrow will shoot into the mid to possibly upper 70s. 69, rather pleasant. tomorrow 77. a threat for an afternoon shower or isolated thunderstorm. wednesday really nice. mid 70s. a tickle in my throat there monday. you may have to do weather for me. a threat for showers, possible thunder late friday

she is accused of attacking a 31-year-old gay man two weeks ago in columbia heights.ing has been described as a hate crime. >> there were arguments inside and outside the supreme court today as justices tackled president obama's health care reform law. 26 states say the law is unconstitutional and are asking the high court to throw it out. supporters and critics of the law held dueling demonstrations the first of three days of arguments. >>> the wife of the american soldier accused in the massacre of 17 afghanistan citizens says her husband is wrongly accused. keri bales says she does not believe her husband staff sergeant robert bales was involved at all in the murders last month. he's being held at a maximum security military prison in kansas. >>> some maryland lawmakers gave up their suit jackets for hoodies today. they're calling for a deeper investigation into the shooting of the florida teenager trayvon martin. >> at least a dozen members of maryland's black legislative caucus gathered to protest the shooting in annapolis. the case has put the spotlight on flori

in the united states district court for the district of columbia. i come before you this morning not as an advocate for any position. but rather to respond to your questions. i have submitted to the committee a copy of our report which as senator leahy has indicated was filed on the public docket in the u.s. district court on march 15th. i should like to note that i was of assisted throughout our investigation by my colleague, william b. shields. and note, as well, that our work would not have been possible without the complete cooperation of the department of justice at the highest levels of the department and by the department's office of professional responsibility. with that, i will be pleased to answer your questions. >> well, thank you very much, mr. schuelke. and we have been joined by another former prosecutor, senator klobuchar . the supreme court, we mentioned brady earlier, and that case brady versus maryland, prosecutor learns that they have a clear constitutional duty to disclose exculpatory evidence to a defendant prior to trial. it's

officers say 40-year-old don el attacked a 16 year old outside of long beach high school in columbia.een struck him back knocking the man unconscious. he is charged with assault. the teen acted in self defense and will not face charges. may >>> maryland proving to be more than a flyover state. he is making stops here, newt gingrich. he visited annapolis and scheduled to speak in salisbury this afternoon. newt gingrich blasted the governor's plan to impose the sales tax on gas purchases. >> this is talk about a increase in the gas tax from allen which i think shows as much political insensitivity as you can imagine given everybody's concern about the price of gasoline to have an effort made to raise the price by $0.25 a gallon, strikes me as being antieveryday working american. newt gingrich plans to speak about his plan in salisbury at 3:00 this afternoon. wjz 13 is always on, check in for complete coverage of campaign 2012, count on us for updated results and information about the candidates. log on to wjz.com. >>> new twist in the arundel county executive scandal. the police chief w